Artifacts

A Peek into the Past By Haley Have you ever wanted a peek into the past? Well there is a way to see what people used back then. It is called an archeological dig. An archeological dig is when you dig in a hole to find artifacts. You would be called an archeologist. While you are digging, if you find anything interesting, you put it the bucket with all the dirt in it for the screeners to find. The job of a screener is to look through the pile of dirt that the diggers dug up. If you find any china, pigs teeth, horseshoes, red silver, nails, toys the kids played with, and then you put it in a bag. When you are the digger, you have to use a trough to dig up the dirt or loosen it. The hardest part was digging because we had been in a drought and the dirt was dry. The screeners had a rough time finding artifacts. We mostly found artifacts the slaves used because we dug where the slaves lived. Today we use different toys, pots, pans, and dining wear. We also have electronic toys and devices. We also get running water. We had such a blast at the archeological dig. When it was through, most of us were all dirty. There are still more things to find in the ground at Henry Clay.		Digging in the Dirt By Sarah At Henry Clay’s home we went on an archaeological dig. We found brick and lots of nails. We also found fragments of paper, china and chamber pots. To get these, first you need 1 trowel, depending on how many people there are. Now you need 1 to 3 buckets. You need to dig 1 or 2 holes, and then you need a screening, now get one glove, put it on and with the glove still on pick, up the trowel and scoop the dirt into the buckets. Keep filling the bucket with dirt, then dump the bucket full of dirt on the screening and still keep your glove on then. Once you pour the dirt on the screening and smooth your hand on the screening and see what you can see. Why we see these artifacts. The reason we see these artifacts are because out in the place where we searched was where Henry Clays 50 slaves would of lived they would of buried there things or had just left them there and they somehow they got covered with dirt.
The Artifact Discovery When the third graders at Picadome went to Henry Clay’s House they did the archeological dig. On the dig they dug near the slave’s quarters. Some artifacts that were found were coal, China pieces, brick, nails and glass. The archeologist showed us some of the artifacts that they found in the privy. They were a whole bottle and a broken pot. Usually you wouldn’t find a whole bottle. When you are digging and you find an artifact you put it in the artifact bag. Sometimes you have loose dirt and there is a bucket for loose dirt. When the bucket is full you dump the dirt on the screen. Then you put on gloves and you rub the dirt to see if you can find more artifacts. By Jasmine		Get Your Gloves Ready! By Keyton Do you like digging in the dirt? The third grade classes at Picadome Elementary participated in an archaeological dig when visiting Henry Clay’s home. The students wore gloves and used trowels to dig where Henry Clay’s slaves lived. The students found nails to prove that they had wooden houses to live in. The students also found marbles and doll body parts. That proves Henry Clay allowed his slaves to play with toys. The student archaeologists also found broken dishes and pig’s teeth. When Henry Clay’s family killed a pig to eat, they would use the body because that’s the good part. But Henry Clay let his servants have the scraps. These artifacts show that Henry Clay was nice to his slaves. He didn’t want his slaves to die. Then who would cook dinner and do the dishes? Thankfully, we don’t have slaves now. Houses today do not include slave quarters, and there is no one to do all of our work for us.
A DIG DOWN DEEP! In this picture children are digging at the archeological dig .Here you see children digging where slaves used to live. The children used shovels to dig and dustpans to scoop. Some of the things they found were horse shoes ,china , nails , glass ,coal ,and a pig tooth. When the family would eat a pig they would get the body .The slaves would get the head that’s why we found a tooth .The children were doing the archeological dig so they could learn about the past. BY : RAEANNE		Artifacts to Help Slaves By Samuel Did you know that Henry Clay owned slaves? When Picadome’s third grade students visited Henry Clay’s home, we didn’t just learn that he owned slaves, we participated in an archaeological dig of the slaves’ quarters. Some of the objects found during the dig were nails, bricks, broken glass from windows and bottles, metal, marbles, a doll’s leg, buttons, pieces of dishes, and a pig’s tooth. These artifacts prove that Henry Clay was a nice slave owner. He allowed his slaves to live in wooden houses with real glass windows. The artifacts also show that the slave kids had toys to play with. The pig’s tooth shows that they had food to eat, and there is proof that they had dishes to eat on. Things are different today because we don’t have slaves. All people have equal rights.
The third graders at Picadome Elementary went to Ashland, the home of Henry Clay. When they arrived at the home they got to dig for different things from the slave quarters of Henry Clay’s house. They found such things as glass, pieces of pottery and nails. The class dug for one hour. They had fun digging stuff up from the past. By Dylan		Picadome third graders visited Ashland, Henry Clay’s home. While they were outside the guide showed them artifacts that were found on Henry Clay’s land. The guides found glass from bottles, a pencil, and a piece of china used for plates and chamber pots. The glass from the bottle was used for drinking wine. The black pencil was used for learning and writing. During Henry Clay’s time, they did not have wooden pencils. The piece of china was used for plates and chamber pots. When the slaves wanted to eat they would take out the china. The chamber pot was used for going to the restroom. Henry Clay’s family did not go to the outhouse but they had a chamber pot under their bed to use. In the morning the slaves would empty the chamber pot. By Ester
The Archeological Dig By Brian The archeological diggers almost found all of the pieces of a chamber pot in the privy. They also found the top of a wine drink. The archeological diggers dug a square shaped hole. The archeological diggers dug and took place under the slave's quarters. It was Roped off like a square. When a bucket is full of dirt there is a wire table and the archeological diggers dumps the dirt on the wire. Under the wire table is a plastic cover so the dirt can go on it. Then you put gloves because sometimes there are is glass in the dirt. You rub the gloves against the wire. If you find an artifact you put it in a brown bag. Then you dig again.		Archeological Dig There was an archeological dig at Henry Clay’s house, Ashland. Students from different school and the archeologist did the digging. First an archeologist had to dig a square in the grass so students could dig. The diggers used a spade and weed cutters to cut the weeds and dirt. When they dug enough dirt the student would put it in a bucket. Then archeologist dumped the dirt on the screen. The students that were doing the screening would put on a glove so that they would not be hurt by glass, nails, pottery, or broken objects. When they had the glove on they would rub their hand all over the dirt and push the dirt through the screen to find left over objects. When objects were found the archeologist would put the object in a marked bag to keep track of where the objects came from. Objects that were found were pieces of brick and mortar, pig’s teeth, pieces of pottery and china, nails, glass, and coal. In other location the archeologist found wine bottles, a dolls foot, buttons, pipes, and chamber pots. By Kymberly
Some third graders from Picadome Elementary visited Ashland, Henry Clay’s home. While they were outside with the guide she showed them some artifacts that were in a glass case. There was a doll leg, marble, button, nails, and a pig tooth. The doll leg and the marble were items that slave children played with. The button was from clothes and the nails were for the slave’s house. The pig tooth was from the pig’s head because Henry Clay’s family ate the body of the pig and the slaves ate the head of the pig. By Meghan		The Archeological Dig This is when we were at Henry Clays home. They were doing the archeological dig. This is where Henry Clay’s slaves lived. Henry Clay had 50 slaves. These kids had to wait until this one bucket was filled with dirt. Then the kids got the bucket and poured it on the screen. The children had to wear gloves and then wipe there hand over the dirt. The dirt would fall through the holes in the screen. Then the big artifacts wouldn’t fall through the holes in the screen. by Willow
	Some third graders from Picadome Elementary visited Ashland, Henry Clay’s home. While they were outside with the guide she showed them some artifacts that were in a glass case. There was a doll leg, marble, button, nails, and a pig tooth. The doll leg and the marble were items that slave children played with. The button was from clothes and the nails were for the slave’s house. The pig tooth was from the pig’s head because Henry Clay’s family ate the body of the pig and the slaves ate the head of the pig.

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